Bahrain Victorious have unveiled a brand new look forward of this yr’s Tour de France, following the rising development for groups to launch particular version kits on the Grand Excursions.
The group is switching out their pink, black, and blue search for a white jersey with gold and teal to pay homage to Bahrain’s pearling historical past.
The nation has traditionally been a world centre for pearl fishing and pearl buying and selling, with pearling the spine of the nation’s financial system for a few years. The group’s new design carries throughout the Alé package, Rudy Challenge helmets, and Merida bikes.
Teal accents symbolise the waters of the Arabian Gulf, the group say, whereas the splashes of gold characterize the glint of pearls.
The brand new design options 4 pearls throughout the highest of the chest and likewise options the brand new design of one of many group’s principal sponsors, Bapco Energies. In any other case, the sponsors on the jersey and shorts stay largely the identical.
The group’s Merida bikes – the aero Reacto and the light-weight Scultura – additionally get new seems to be with the common pink and black paintwork ditched in favour of a clear white look with gold wording, teal trim, and a ‘Crew Pearl’ decal on the highest tubes.
The group are set to be led by Mikel Landa in July as he goals for the Tour podium for the primary time. Stage hunters Matej Mohorič and Fred Wright are additionally all the way down to tackle the race, which kicks off in Bilbao on July 1.
The brand new package is unlikely to be the one new design debuting on the Tour de France, with the race typically seeing groups change up their look with particular version kits. Jumbo-Visma have already unveiled their star-themed package for the race, whereas final yr the Dutch squad did the identical together with Bora-Hansgrohe, Israel-Premier Tech, Trek-Segafredo, and EF Training-EasyPost.
Earlier than Bahrain’s package change, this yr’s peloton has been awash with pink kits, with Bahrain, Cofidis, Ineos Grenadiers, Arkéa-Samsic, and Lotto-Dstny all sporting pink jerseys.
In the meantime, the change to white might see them conflict with white-clad squads AG2R Citroën, UAE Crew Emirates, and presumably Trek-Segafredo relying on their rebrand to Lidl-Trek.
